650 – Sixth Piece – 2

If someone is having six weddings, it is difficult to offer sincere congratulations each time. Even more so if the interval is only half a year. Fortunately, it is not a marriage after divorce, but a simple bigamy, so it is likely to receive congratulations and applause.

Still, this marriage is not just my sixth marriage, it is the last marriage of my life. Thanks to the monumental title of the last, there were people who sincerely congratulated us.

“Congratulations. You’ve finally reached the end.”

A representative example was my younger brother Erich.

Erich, who had been waiting for his brother’s wedding for three years, was waiting for this day. Only after his older brother’s wedding can his younger brother proceed with the wedding.

Of course, there is no way that her older brother’s marital status affects her younger sister’s marriage. Because of family succession issues, it is customary for the eldest to marry first, but I have already married Mar and become a married man. Even if there was a law, it would not be a reason for Erich to postpone the marriage.

Nevertheless, after much deliberation, Erich postponed his marriage. So that none of the six people who will become my wives become ‘someone who married later than my sister-in-law.’

“Thank you for waiting.”

That’s why I expressed my gratitude by patting Erich’s shoulder as he congratulated him.

You might think that the order of marriage has nothing to do with it, but unfortunately, in aristocratic society, minor issues that are not even paid attention to often turn into huge stones. In order to prevent such problems in advance, it is convenient not to create even minor elements of conflict.

Between me and Erich’s wives, who was named to the Crasius family first? Because when arguments like this arise for no reason, we both get tired.

“Was the first wedding in March next year?”

“Uh. My sister and I are too busy to start in January. I think March would be a good start.”

I nodded at Erich’s calm answer.

I had a rare aide who was a minister’s secretary, and I was also guaranteed an extremely long vacation from the emperor, so I was able to get married in January, but January is usually a busy time for handling various matters. Erich and Zenobia, the youngest members of the Imperial Council, are expected to apply for vacation from January.

So, March is ideal for the first wedding, and September is ideal for the second wedding.

‘Not bad.’

It is a time of compromise with reality, but it is not a very bad time. It would be nice to see a wedding with cherry blossoms fluttering and autumn leaves in full bloom.

“I felt sorry that my older brother was blocking my younger brother’s path, but now I can live in peace.”

“You didn’t seem particularly sorry.”

Is it because of my mood? It wasn’t obvious, but the sentence ended with ‘If you were sorry, you wouldn’t have handed over the position of acting member of the National Assembly to your younger brother.’

I felt a little sorry about that, but there was nothing I could do about it. She couldn’t stop her father from retiring, and she couldn’t yet trust her little one, Fedina Teresa, with the job of assistant manager. Only Erich could fulfill my rights and obligations.

Still, if you go somewhere and act as an acting member of the Imperial Assembly, won’t you be treated well? If you can’t avoid it, I hope you enjoy it.

“Woo!”

“Teresa?”

“What? Are you all already playing?”

While I was talking to Erich, I heard Teresa’s cooing from behind me.

Teresa was born around the same time as Frederick. Thanks to this, he was able to crawl on his own like Friedrich, and even when he came to visit my mansion, he was roaming around the mansion with his nephews and animals. From Teresa’s point of view, my mansion is her first playground

So we left Teresa to play to her heart her ‘s content her, but I didn’t know he would come back to us first.

“It’s worth it!”

“Ko-mo-go, mo!”

Soon, the voices of the Crown Princess and Pedi were heard from far away.

‘Gomorrah.’

Laughter escaped me inadvertently. A small child who has just started crawling is someone’s great-aunt.

It’s not impossible to have an aunt who is younger than your nephew, but it still feels strange when you look at it. Her her toddling her her her Peddie calls the crawling Teresa her her her her aunt her her her her, and in the future, Teresa will call Peddie her her her her nephew her her her her.

‘I’m looking forward to it.’

Before I knew it, I held Teresa in my arms.

What will happen to Fedi and Teresa’s relationship? Pedi: Would she be embarrassed to be called her niece by someone younger than her? Or would Teresa be reluctant to be called her aunt by her elders? Or will they unexpectedly like each other and call each other jokingly?

We don’t know now. It will take at least 10 years before we can know the answer.

‘I can wait that long.’

Maybe 10 years can pass in the blink of an eye.

Watching adorable children grow up, wouldn’t time pass faster than ever? It is said that when you experience something fun and happy, time passes faster than usual.

On the contrary, it’s a shame that the children will grow up so quickly. Children who are one year old, children who are two years old, and children who are three years old each have different charms. I am afraid that the years will pass before I can enjoy its charm to my satisfaction.

Still, it can’t be helped. I can’t leave my children young forever just to satisfy myself. I don’t have the ability to do that in the first place.

“Ah! It’s time!”

“Abba!”

– Woof!

Not long after, the Crown Princess, Pedi, and Titi entered the room and ran towards me.

“Slap me! Get down! Go ahead and hit the chick!”

“Yes?”

The Crown Princess tilted her head at her words. If you’re a chick, do you mean humility?

‘Humility lies with Teresa?’

When I looked down at Teresa in my arms, her bright eyes blinked.

Weird. I don’t think this little one would be carrying a chick─

“Lord, master…”

Something yellow popped out from around the neck.

“Ah.”

It was humility.

I didn’t notice her right away because she was covered in clothes.

“Help me… The owner’s younger brother saw me and snatched me up…!”

When I saw the humility fluttering and fluttering its little wings, I couldn’t help but sigh. Not long ago, she cosplayed as a soul chick in front of Athelius, but this time she was trapped in the child’s arms, becoming her biological necklace. Gradually, the honor and dignity of former evil gods are falling to the ground.

No, honestly, I don’t think there was any honor or dignity from the moment I was brought from Bonginji.

“Teresa. That kid looks frustrated too. Would you mind taking him out?”

“Woo?”

First, I asked Teresa to show some humility. If Teresa falls to the floor and the humility between her and the floor falls flat, they will be in trouble.

Of course, the child will not turn from yellow to red just because of his modesty, which is a saint, is trampled on, but it is obvious that he will cry out in sorrow.

“Woo…”

Anyway, at my request, Teresa tilted her head and held the bow with her dainty hand.

“D-finally…! Huh…?

“Huh?”

Teresa’s her hand her her her, holding her her humility her her her, moved to her her mouth her

“Teresa! Gigi!”

“I, I have no taste! I’m so small that I have no quantity!”

“Woo!”

“Erich! You too, come and stop me!”

“No, it takes two to stop one kid…”

There was a little commotion, but we were able to liberate humility.

From that day on, Humility cried for a while without eating or drinking.

The wedding preparations were completed smoothly.

I have planned as many as five weddings, or six if you include the weddings held in the tribal reserves. Now we have reached a point where we can prepare for the wedding with our eyes closed.

Thanks to this, after completing all preparations, I was able to visit the Barony of Shirdi in advance and inspect the site.

‘It’s a simple place.’

And the Barony of Shirdi, which I leisurely looked around, was quiet and simple, unlike other territories I had seen so far.

Until just a few years ago, it was a territory close to the northern border, and its size was only a baronial territory. Looking at its location, it is at a disadvantage compared to the Barony of Athini, Rize’s hometown, and when looking at its size, it is inferior to the County of Wiridia. Therefore, even though the Crasius family’s funds were wasted, it was impossible to erase the impression that it was simple and cozy.

Of course, there are no complaints. It may be that it is in ruins due to a natural disaster or war, but the quietness of it being a small territory on the outskirts actually has its own charm.

Moreover, if the territory is small and simple, it is fun to raise it. The current Barony of Shirdi is like a blank slate on which I can draw whatever I want.

“I’m worried that it would be okay to hold the Minister’s last wedding in a place like this.”

In fact, Fine, who was riding a horse next to me, muttered in a somewhat depressed voice.

“Of course it’s okay. Shirdi is a prosperous place, so we didn’t use it as a wedding venue, but because it was Fine’s first fiefdom. There’s no problem with small things.”

I smiled as I stroked Fine’s head.

“Wouldn’t it be more wonderful if a small estate developed from our wedding?”

“Is that so?”

“Well then. It would be perfect to brag about it to our children. This was originally a quiet rural town, but this dad and mom worked hard to develop it.”

I would like to develop it to the point where it is called the County of Shirdi rather than the Barony of Shirdi. It won’t be easy though.

“Me too… I think the territory we create together with the Minister will be just as precious as my hometown.”

Fine’s complexion, which had been somewhat dark, brightened due to my comfort.

After all, a new bride who is about to get married must smile brightly to be pretty. As a new bride, you should only think about the joy that will come in a few days. It is not good for either of you to worry about unnecessary things.

“I, Sir Baron! Sir Minister!”

Just as we were about to move to another place with a satisfied smile, a man desperately crying out our name came running with several soldiers.

‘…Who was it?’

For a moment, I was confused as to who it was, but eventually I was able to remember the man’s identity.

A local official who managed Shirdi since the time when the Barony of Shirdi was a direct territory of the imperial family. Since Sirdi became a baron, he is a useful person who has been handling territory affairs on behalf of Fine, the head of the special department.

‘I like it.’

They were probably scared that we were wandering around without an escort, so they ran to us, but I was satisfied that they called Fine, the owner of the territory, even in the midst of the panic.

That’s how it should be. Even though I am Fine’s husband and boss, I have to save the lord’s face first.

‘I can use it for a long time.’

Sooner or later, we will have to gather the vassals that will form the Barony of Shirdi, and it would be a good idea to make that local governor one of the vassals.

A position such as head deacon or chamberlain would be sufficient.